No, you have your facts wrong. It was actually started and maintained by GnomeOverlord and it wasn't freeware. When he left, Tanaris4 picked it up and made it opensource, and it was free for about a year. Now it has gone commercial again since Tanaris4 was spending to much time on it and it cut his workhours. Together with other admins he integrated it into a company, but is still under his and others leading and supervision. Tanaris4 is at the moment working on it and pushing releases like never before